Depth sounder



W. R. LEGGE. DEPTH SOUNDER. FILED JULY 19, 1921.

INVEN R ATTORNEY Patented Jane 9, 1923. i

rarer WILLIAM RQLEGGE, DIE PITTSFIELD, NASSAUHUSETTFS.

DEPTH 'SOUNDER.

Application filedifu'iy 19, 1921. Serial No. 485,960.

T 0 aZZ whom it may conocm Be it known that i i Vnniniir ll. linden, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county ofBerkshire and State of Massaclnisetts, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Depth Sounders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention pertains to depth soundino' devices for use in sounding thedepth or water for the purpose of fishing; and it con templates theprorision of a base and pan allel bars which are so constructed and soconnected to a base as to: assure the free movement oi the upper part ofone bar with respect to the other bar so that they may easily andreadily functiontogether to engage a hook or otherobject. The bars areso formed that one bar constructed with a loop and. the other bar with abent portion that may cooperate with the loop to term a tension eye inwhich may be inserted and held a hook withoutentailing the provision ofa line knot or loopto hold 'the hook in Figure 1 is a perspective iew ofthe depth sounder as it appears when not in use.

Figure 2 is a perspective View with the top or free ends or the parallelbars com'-' pressed to form a tension eye into which may readily andfreely be inserted a hook or other similar device.

Referring by figures to the said drawings;

1 is a base or weight in which are cast a single bar 2 and two parallelbars 3. The bars 2 and 3 are pife'lerably comprised in one continuouspiece or WEE the bar flpassing into the base 1 and being bentnoingiimtally description and ,claims when at 11 and then vertically,this vertical part emerging from the base 1 and being formed, by areturn bend, into a loop a: andthe parallel bars orfstands 8. The freeend of the bar 2 is formed as a knob or is rounded so as to avoid sharppoints. The bar 2 is bent at anobtuse angle inwardly at 10 and thenoutwardly at 6 to form an angular OPE-set, the angle of which may be anydegree to suit the particular requirements. The

bent to form a corresponding otli-set at 8. By pressing the members 2and 3 towards one another the off-set in 2 may be caused to enterbetween the reversely off-set strands of the loop 4t, the oft-setstogether thus forming an eye 12, into which the point of the fish hook 7may be inserted, the hook being clamped by the resiliency of the rods 2and 3, when the latter are released. For this "purpose the rods 2 and 3are preferably made 0t spring steel;

Having thus descrlbed my invention,

what is claimedas new is: r

l. A depth sounding weight comprising a metal base having two resilientrod-like members extending upwardly therefrom, said members beingreversely and singularly off set towards one another at the upper ends,one member consisting; of two strands between the oli'ssets oi? whichthe oi't' the other member is adapted to enter w ien the two members arepressed towards one another the two ofi sets together, when the pressurethereon is suiiicient, ilorminp; an eye, into which asuspending membermay be inserted and gripped bythe resiliency of the members, reduced. 7i r 2. A sounding weight as specified in claim l in which thetwo membersare formed as a single continuous wire the one-strand member beingcontinuous at its lower end with a bend in the wire connecting with thewhen the pressure thereon is corresponding; end of one of the strands orthe two-strand membenthe other strand of said member being: formed bythe reverse bond in the wire the base being); cast about the lowerportions of the wire thus bent.

in testimony whereof l a'liix my signature.

iVlLlilAh E R. LEGGE.

; strands of the loop 4: are similarly reversely

